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AWS said that many Alexa skill developers use its free tier, which offers a limited amount of Amazon EC2 compute power and AWS Lambda requests for no charge. But if developers go over these limits, they will incur cloud charges.

With its new offering, developers with a published Alexa skill can apply to receive a $100 AWS promotional credit as well as an additional $100 per month in credits if they incur AWS usage charges for their skill.

“There is already a large community of incredibly engaged developers building skills for Alexa,” Steve Rabuchin, Vice President, Amazon Alexa said in a statement. “Today, we’re excited to announce a new program that will free up developers to create more robust and unique skills that can take advantage of AWS services. We can’t wait to see what developers create for Alexa.”